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Progress In Southern France
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keywords: wwii, italy, invasion of souther france, operation dragoon, prime minister winston churchill, general mark clark
Synopsis: The preparation in Italy for the invasion of Southern France and troops landing and advancing in France. The British 8th Army in Italy and entering Florence Italy. Scenes of the Ponte Vecchio (Old Bridge) and rubble of the Ponte Alle Grazie bridge destroyed by the retreating Nazi Germans...(read more)
- Date: 1944
- Duration: 00:10:26
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: Italy, France
Progress In Southern France
Mediterranean - Progress In Southern France 1944
Low aerial views of the trucks, jeeps, half-tracks, and other battle equipment in Naples Italy ready for quick loading onto ships for invasion of Southern France, code name "Operation Dragoon" former code name "Anvil". Panning view of Naples Harbor and ships of the invasion fleet. Shows invasion fleet underway.
U.S. troops land on beachhead between St. Tropez and Sainte-Maxime France on August 15, 1944 and advanced inland. CU of tank blasting a concrete barrier and moving through. Shows U.S. tanks moving down road with infantry soldiers riding on top of the tanks. CU of U.S. Infantry soldiers on tank.
Scenes near San Raphael France August 18. Shows Allied gun emplacements at rim of beachhead. Shows a captured German pillbox utilizing the turret of a tank. Shows a bulldozer hitting a German teller mine hidden in a road block. Shows a combat Medic tending to wounded soldiers. Image of bulldozer damaged by German mine.
Shows U.S. 7th Army troops and tanks advancing down road toward Marseille. Shows captured German soldier of the German 19th Army with hand raised. French civilians come out of hiding to greet American troops as Brignoles falls on August 19. Shows French women and children waving , CU of woman holding small child. Shows U.S. soldiers moving through French town. American G.I. with right boot off cleaning his foot. U.S. tank moving toward camera.
General Patch decorates Fighting French of the Interior (F.F.I.) members in a ceremony at St. Tropez, France. Footage of French resistance fighters or the Maquis also called Maquisards that were rural guerrillas that harassed the Germans.
Mediterranean-Activities In Italy 1944
Shows destroyed German fortifications near Pisa, Italy. Shows U.S. soldier sweeping for mines near German fortification. Shows a "decoy bridge" or "fake bridge" made of burlap and canvass across the Arno River to deceive German artillery observers.
In mid-August 1944 armored vehicles of the British 8th Army enter Florence Italy. Scenes of British 8th army troops moving through Florence. Shows one unit passing the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore.
Image of the Ponte Vecchio (Old Bridge) with people in the FG. Shows people crossing the Arno River on the rubble of the Ponte Alle Grazie bridge destroyed by the retreating Nazi Germans. Sign on rubble reads "Mines". CU images of German mines. Shows British Royal Engineers clearing the embankments and constructing a Bailey Bridge across the Arno River. Shows Italian civilians watching the British Engineers build the new bridge. Shows military vehicles crossing the Bailey Bridge in Florence Italy. British soldiers file across bridget to take up positions in the northern section of Florence. British 8th Army troops in Florence, Italy.
British Prime Minster Winston Churchill and Lt. General Mark Clark inspect units of the U.S. 5th Army in the Leghorn area of Italy. Shows a company of American WACs standing at "parade rest". Churchill visits a field artillery position and fires a 240 mm howitzer. Churchill and party tours Leghorn harbor by boat.
